Title: 1955 - Warsaw Pact

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About: The Soviet Union and its European satellites - Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, East Germany - signed a treaty establishing the Warsaw Pact, a mutual defense organization that put the Soviets in command of the armed forces of the member states.

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The Warsaw Pact was the first step in a more systematic plan to strengthen the Soviet hold over its satellites, a program undertaken by the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev after assuming power early in 1955. The treaty also served as a lever to enhance the bargaining position of the Soviet Union in international diplomacy.

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Formally known as the Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance, the Warsaw Pact was a response to the accession of a re-militarized West Germany to NATO (est. 1949).  

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NATO and the Warsaw Pact were ideologically opposed and, over time, built up their own defences, starting an arms race that lasted throughout the Cold War.

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Decade: 1950s

Year: 1955

Region: Europe

Country: Soviet Union + Poland + Hungary + Romania + Czechoslovakia + Bulgaria + Germany

Conflict: Cold War

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Type: Historical Event

Impact: 2

Artist: Jaroslaw Marcinek

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Group: Genesis

Number: 55/100

Price: 0.2 ETH

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